Ohio halts Kent State's home streak with OT win

Sunday

Feb 27, 2011 at 12:01 AMFeb 27, 2011 at 11:17 AM

DeVaughn Washington scored 20 points, including a go-ahead layup with 15 seconds left, and D.J. Cooper had 14 assists to lead Ohio to an 88-87 overtime victory over Kent State last night in the Mid-American Conference.

DeVaughn Washington scored 20 points, including a go-ahead layup with 15 seconds left, and D.J. Cooper had 14 assists to lead Ohio to an 88-87 overtime victory over Kent State last night in the Mid-American Conference.

The Bobcats (16-13, 8-6) snapped a streak of 13 home victories for the Golden Flashes (19-10, 10-4).

Kent State scored the first five points in overtime, but Ohio took an 86-85 lead with 1:25 left on a three-point play by Ricardo Johnson.

With the victory, Cleveland State earned a share of the league championship with Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Butler.

Wisconsin-Milwaukee 94, Youngstown State 87, OT - Anthony Hill and Ja'Rob McCallum scored 23 points each as Wisconsin-Milwaukee (18-12, 13-5) defeated Youngstown State (9-20, 2-16) in overtime to clinch the top seed in the Horizon League tournament.